The Plumb Line
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Beware: A Prophetic Warning for the End-Time Church
Beware. It’s prophetic word of warning to be on your guard; a verbal alert that danger lies ahead. But are modern-day Christians bearing in mind the Scriptural admonishment to “beware” in these last days? Current news headlines warn us to beware of the stock market; to beware of partisan politicians; to beware of Muslim extremists…
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No Female Preachers? No Tongues? No Denominational Stereotypes!
Addressing a congregation with long-held beliefs that it’s shameful for a woman to speak in church isn’t the most comfortable assignment. That's especially true when it’s in a church that’s more than 120 years old and where most in the audience are near-Centenarians. But that was my task last Saturday afternoon. I wouldn’t have accepted…
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Iron Versus Iron: Staying Sharp in the Midst of the Battle
Living the Christian life is a journey toward maturity in Christ. That’s why Jesus gave His Church a handful of equipping gifts. But the practical aspect of being trained as a skilled servant that moves in rhythm with Christian brothers and sisters, (and husbands, wives, daughters and sons) is not always a textbook experience.Let’s get…
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A Prophetic Call to the Valley of Shechem
If you are reading these words, then you’ve probably already chosen this day whom you will serve. But could it be possible that there are yet things you need to put away in order to truly worship the Lord in spirit and in truth and love Him with all your heart, with all your soul,…
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A Word of Knowledge: Don’t Look Back
Don’t look back: Three words that together make up what I believe is a timely prophetic utterance for the Body of Christ in this hour. Let me write them again: Don’t look back.Many are carrying hurts and wounds from the past. We don’t shake them off and come up higher because we keep looking back…
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Maintaining a Pure Prophetic Flow With Prayer
Are you building walls of religion or towers of prayer? Your answer could denote the difference between a woe-filled fate and a fulfilled destiny.Prophets obsessed by the fear of man or unholy desires will not fulfill God’s ultimate plan. We must be careful, then, not to prophesy according to the party line in order to…
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Taking a Prophetic Perspective on Life’s Trials
If perception is reality, then a godly perspective of your trials and tribulations can deliver you from your worst enemy: your own unrenewed mind.I can’t tell you—and, in fact, I’d probably be embarrassed to admit—just how many times I’ve allowed the perspective of my unrenewed mind to dictate my thoughts, feelings and emotions in the…
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Are You Positioned to Receive a Double Portion Prophetic Anointing?
Picture this: Elijah was running for his life—from the wicked queen Jezebel. At a time when he needed all the friends he could get, Elijah found himself isolated in the wilderness battling fearful imaginations of Jezebel’s henchmen making good on her death threat. His servant was supposed to protect him, to stand with him—to run
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Weeping With Wilkerson (or These Strange Manifestations Are Not the Holy Ghost)
People will remember David Wilkerson, who was killed in a head-on collision in Tyler, Texas on Wednesday, for many different things. Some will remember him for his books, like The Cross and the Switchblade, which became a best-selling phenomenon with more than 15 million copies sold in over 30 languages. Others will remember him for…
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Why I Refuse to Apologize for Speaking Boldly
“Mommy, can I take my Bible to school today?” Nine words that brought both delight and concern to my heart. Delight that my then 10-year-old darling would love Jesus enough to take Him to school with her in leather-bound form. Concern because I knew that love would breed persecution I wasn’t sure she was yet…
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Removing the Religious Robes of Judgment
There’s plenty of talk about how technology aids evangelism, but 21st century technology also opens the door to a myriad of creative ways to judge, criticize and condemn people. You can jot judgmental remarks on a blog. You can e-mail critical comments. You can compose condemning words on Twitter (so long as you don’t use…
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Birthing Your Prophetic Dreams and Visions
A few years ago I had a somewhat perplexing dream. In this dream I was about five months pregnant. Now, for starters, I’m not married and had no reason to be pregnant. I was trying to deny it, but my mid-section was clearly swelling—and it wasn’t from eating too many tasty empanadas from the corner…
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Are You a Sheep or a Goat in the Imperfect Church?
You know the drill. It was the end of a long workday. I was racing from one errand to another before it was time to pick up my daughter for our dinner date. I didn’t have a moment to spare… So when Richard, a disheveled character with enough sand on his face to nearly disguise…
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Why Even Bother Praying Anymore?
When I recently heard Christians suggesting that a prayer initiative for America was useless I was struck to the core with the realization that the Body of Christ is far from unified. I mean, if we can’t unify around prayer, what can we unify around? For all the impactful prayer movements in the Body, I…
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Not Your Ordinary Faith Message
We've all heard our fair share of faith messages. We walk by faith. We speak by faith. We live by faith. We prophesy according to our faith. We inherit the promises of God through faith (and patience). You've probably memorized all those Scriptures, too.We've all marveled at the heroes in the Hebrews 11 "Hall of…
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